The Carol Bellamy, Executive Dir., United Nationss Children's Fund, UNICEF Bellamy, Carol creator United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY text technical report Reports, Descriptive. xxu New York UNICEF Oxford University 1997 monographic eng

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111 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. This report on the well-being of the world's children focuses on the issue of child labor and its impact on children's lives. Chapter 1 provides a historical context for children's rights and highlights the need to guarantee the civil, social, economic, and political rights of children. The chapter shows how the world's course toward peace, equality, development, and justice can be helped by the conviction expressed in the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child that children have the same spectrum of rights as adults. Chapter 2 gives an overview of child labor, its practice in developing and industrialized countries, its origins, the importance of basic education as a deterrence to child labor, and potential actions to prevent the practice. It proposes six steps to end child labor: (1) immediate elimination of hazardous and exploitative child labor; (2) provision of free and compulsory education; (3) wider legal protection; (4) birth registration of all children; (5) data collection and monitoring of child labor; and (6) codes of conduct and procurement policies. Chapter 3 provides statistics, such as those on child mortality, immunization, maternal mortality, malnutrition, and school enrollment that chart each nation's progress towards achieving the goals for children set at the 1990 World Summit for Children. (Contains about 100 references.) (Author/KDFB) Availability: UNICEF, 333 East 38th Street, New York, NY 10016 (U.S., $12.95; United Kingdom, 6.95 British Pounds Sterling). ERIC Note: For 1996 edition, see ED 394 689; for 1997 summary, see PS 025 316. Change Strategies Child Advocacy Child Health Child Labor Child Safety Child Welfare Childhood Needs Children Childrens Rights Developed Nations Developing Nations Foreign Countries Immunization Programs Labor Legislation Literacy Nutrition Poverty Well Being UNICEF United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child World Summit for Children 1990 362.71091724 BES 1997 9780192628718 : 0192628712 : ericd 170323 20211209081628.0 67221 eng